Project Engineer, Research Scientist

School/Department:
Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre

Work Arrangement:
Full Time (Hybrid)

Contract Type:
Permanent

Salary per annum (£): £32,080 - £36,636 per annum. Potential to progress to £39,906 per annum through sustained exceptional contribution.

Closing Date: 21/07/2026

The University of Sheffield is a remarkable place to work. Our people are at the heart of everything we do. Their diverse backgrounds, abilities and beliefs make Sheffield a world‑class university.

We offer a fantastic range of benefits including a highly competitive annual leave entitlement (with the ability to purchase more), a generous pensions scheme, flexible working opportunities, a commitment to your development and wellbeing, a wide range of retail discounts, and much more.

Do you have an appetite for knowledge and a talent for picking up new skills? Do you thrive on a mix of hands‑on experimental work and in‑depth data analysis? We’re looking for a fast‑learning individual with strong transferable research skills to join our Subtractive Process team at the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC), as a Project Engineer.

You’ll be instrumental in the assessment, optimisation, and application of subtractive process solutions and associated technology
.

Your role will be data‑focused
, including data capture, processing, analysing, and reporting on data that is generated through subtractive processes. You will integrate the latest manufacturing technologies, both digital and physical
, into existing manufacturing systems and use their data for continuous process improvement
.

You’ll showcase groundbreaking technologies, through manufacturing demonstration components. Collaboration is key; you’ll work closely with partners, help scope new projects, and deliver complex initiatives, with support from experienced staff members, ensuring you have the mentorship you need to succeed.

Through interactions with our partners, you’ll contribute to crafting the direction of your specific research area. While a strong background in engineering or relevant qualifications is a plus, we’re particularly keen to hear from individuals who are excellent at managing their time, adhere to quality and project management procedures, and are excited by a challenge.

This role involves occasional travel for on‑site investigations or meetings, within the UK, but with occasional international trips.

If you’re ready to dive into exciting projects and develop the future of innovative manufacturing, we encourage you to apply!

• Technically deliver high quality research and machining projects in the Machining Group.
• Research, analyse, collate and edit data and techniques for reports and other documents to summarise main findings and conclusions of tests and experiments.
• Analyse and record data to aid the development of future research methodologies and produce useful findings for other industrial partners, funders, policy makers and practitioners.
• Implement and coordinate the preparation of materials (work piece, tooling, fixtures, etc.) and set up equipment for experiments that have been developed specifically to meet research objectives and find solutions.
• Develop skills through external or on the job training, suitable to accomplish the engineering and project tasks required.
• Present data results to audiences both inside and outside the organisation at all levels in a professional and concise manner.
• Plan and carry out tasks and responsibilities over the short–medium term, with an awareness of longer term issues to meet the research objectives set in a project.
• Continuously supervise and check results. The unpredictability of research means that daily planning needs to accommodate new developments.
• Produce detailed and accurate project documentation such as statements of work, experiment methodology and quality gate sheets.
• Support planning for short‑term projects in their own area, or contribute to the planning of the group.
• Plan several months in advance to meet landmarks for AMRC project reports, industrial partner timelines and to support preparation for presentations to internal and external collaborators.
• Working…